Information systems and e-business technologies : 2nd International United Information Systems Conference, UNISCON 2008, Klagenfurt, Austria, April 22-25, 2008 : proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of UNISCON 2008 held in Klagenfurt, Austria, during April 22-25, 2008. UNISCON combines the ECOMO workshop series and the ISTA conference series. The 19 papers dealing with conceptual modeling, model-driven software development and information systems applications represent a 30% selection from the original set of submissions. They are completed by two keynote lectures and 35 papers from internationally renowned researchers, invited in honor of Heinrich C. Mayr, whose 60th birthday is also celebrated at this event, that he originally created. Front Matter....Pages I-XV Standardizing Methodology Metamodelling and Notation: An ISO Exemplar....Pages 1-12 Dependable Systems — Wishful Thinking or Realistic Expectation?....Pages 13-13 Interoperability Governance for e-Government....Pages 14-24 Foundational Data Modeling and Schema Transformations for XML Data Engineering....Pages 25-36 Integration of Semantic XForms and Personal Web Services as a Tool to Bridge the Gap between Personal Desktops and Global Business Processes....Pages 37-44 A Slicing Technique for Business Processes....Pages 45-51 Public Adoption of Digital Multimedia — Why Is It Lagging behind Expectations? (Extended Abstract)....Pages 52-58 Model-Driven Security Engineering of Service Oriented Systems....Pages 59-71 Towards Truly Flexible and Adaptive Process-Aware Information Systems....Pages 72-83 From Human Knowledge to Process Models....Pages 84-95 Temporal Consistency of View Based Interorganizational Workflows....Pages 96-107 Engineering Design Performance (Extended Abstract)....Pages 108-110 Integration — Reflections on a Pivotal Concept for Designing and Evaluating Information Systems....Pages 111-122 Aspect Based Conceptual Modelling of Web Applications....Pages 123-134 The Influence of Mobile Computing to Information Systems Technology....Pages 135-135 Engineers Discovering the “Real World” — From Model-Driven to Ontology-Based Software Engineering....Pages 136-147 Holistic Engineering of Ultra-Highspeed Mobile Information and Communication Systems....Pages 148-157 A Framework for Building Mapping Operators Resolving Structural Heterogeneities....Pages 158-174 Metamodeling: Some Application Areas in Information Systems....Pages 175-188 Collaborative Model Driven Software Development for SOA-Based Systems....Pages 189-200 A Meta-model-Driven Tool Integration Development Process....Pages 201-212 Information and Communication Systems for Mobile Emergency Response....Pages 213-224 Tacit Knowledge Management: Do We Need a Re-orientation of Traditional KM Approaches?....Pages 225-231 Collaborative Software Development: A Case Study of Model Interdependencies....Pages 232-245 Conceptual Modelling in an Evolving World....Pages 246-257 An Ontological-Based Approach to Analyze Software Production Methods....Pages 258-270 Towards a Theory of Services....Pages 271-281 Evolving and Implanting Web-Based E-Government-Systems in Universities....Pages 282-295 Facets of Media Types....Pages 296-305 e-Skills and Standards — Prerequisites to Fully Exploit the Potential of ICT in Europe....Pages 306-317 ASM Foundations of Database Management....Pages 318-331 Software Quality — Experiences in System Development and Operation....Pages 332-339 Adaptive Macro-designing Technology for Complex Process Control Systems....Pages 340-351 Mokum for Correctness by Design in Relation to MDA....Pages 352-364 Conceptual Model — Meeting of Cultures....Pages 365-370 Operational Business-IT Alignment in Value Webs....Pages 371-378 Towards Virtual Sales Assistants: State-of-the-Art and Research Challenges....Pages 379-379 An Investigation into Improving the Load Balance for Term-Based Partitioning....Pages 380-392 A UML-Rewriting Driven Architectural Proposal for Developing Adaptive Concurrent IS....Pages 393-404 A Framework for Designing and Recognizing Sketch-Based Libraries for Pervasive Systems....Pages 405-416 A Conceptual Framework for Handling Complex Administrative Processes in E-Government....Pages 417-428 Fuzzy Time Intervals for Simulating Actions....Pages 429-444 Conceptual Design of a Method to Support IS Security Investment Decisions....Pages 445-456 A Query Language for Rational Tree Structures....Pages 457-468 A Learning Object Composition Model....Pages 469-474 Gathering Preference Data from Restricted Natural Language....Pages 475-483 Patterns for Screenography....Pages 484-495 A Model of Self-organized Criticality in Emergent Web Systems....Pages 496-507 Towards Prototyping-Based Technology for Adaptive Software Development....Pages 508-518 Management of Multi-services Structures Through an Access Control Framework....Pages 519-530 Contract-Based Exception Handling Process Patterns....Pages 531-543 Mobile Applications for the Academic Environment....Pages 544-554 Modeling Trust Relationships in Collaborative Engineering Projects....Pages 555-566 Loosening the Hierarchy of Cross-Company Electronic Collaboration....Pages 567-578 (Meta-)Models, Tools and Infrastructures for Business Application Integration....Pages 579-584 The Impact of Structuredness on Error Probability of Process Models....Pages 585-590 Back Matter....Pages 591-592 "This book constitutes the referred proceedings of UNISCON 2008 held in Klagenfurt, Austria, during April 22-25, 2008." "UNISCON combines the ECOMO workshop series and the ISTA conference series. The 19 papers dealing with conceptual modeling, model-driven software development and information systems applications represents a 30% selection from the original set of submissions." "These papers are complemented by two keynote lectures and 35 papers from internationally renowned researchers, invited in honor of Heinrich C. Mayr, co-founder of this event, whose 60th birthday was also celebrated at UNISCON 2008"--Jacket